[Air-L] Facebook posts used to fire people in Australia

[Monica Barratt]

Michael, I appreciate your links and associated comments. I don't have the
background in this area so this is really useful to my current work. Will
read them more closely and think further about it.

Monica

2009/4/9 Michael Zimmer <zimmerm at uwm.edu>

> Re: taking "seemingly private Facebook chatter" "out of context", see
> thoughts by me and others:
>
> Facebook Changes Cause Rift in Flow of Personal Information (Michael
> Zimmer)
> <
> http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/06/facebook-changes-cause-rift-in-flow-of-personal-information/
> >
>
> More on Facebook and the Contextual Integrity of Personal Information Flows
> (Michael Zimmer)
> <
> http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/08/more-on-facebook-and-the-contextual-integrity-of-personal-information-flows/
> >
>
> Putting Privacy Settings in the Context of Use (in Facebook and elsewhere)
> (danah boyd)
> <http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2008/10/22/putting_privacy.html
> >
>
> How Facebook Broke its Culture (Fred Stutzman)
> <http://chimprawk.blogspot.com/2006/09/how-facebook-broke-its-culture.html
> >
>
> Facebook, Context, and Privacy (William McGeveran)
> <http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2007/09/17/facebook-context/>
>
> and, finally,
>
> Yes, Privacy Does Still Exist in a Facebook World (Michael Zimmer)
> <
> http://michaelzimmer.org/2009/03/08/yes-privacy-does-still-exist-in-a-facebook-world/
> >
>
> Are there other good approaches to privacy on Facebook in a contextual
> frame that I'm missing?
> -michael.
>
>
> --
> Michael Zimmer, PhD
> Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies
> Associate, Center for Information Policy Research
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> e: zimmerm at uwm.edu
> w: www.michaelzimmer.org
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Monica Barratt wrote:
>
>  Yes, reading this article certainly brought me back to thinking about the
>> blurry public/private line. I agree that it is mistaken to see this as
>> completely new, rather, it is another way of doing something that has been
>> a
>> threat to employees (and employers in some cases) throughout history, just
>> using different techniques and technology.
>>
>> This comment struck me:
>> "Our recent story about companies sacking employees over seemingly private
>> Facebook chatter has provoked several new examples from readers who claim
>> their employers took their Facebook postings *out of context* and used
>> them
>> as an excuse to show them the door."
>>
>> It does seem to be the case that, regardless of the "trust no-one"
>> reality,
>> people feel unfairly treated by these situations where their words are
>> "taken out of context" - from what felt like a private context into a
>> professional context.
>>
>> Rhiannon, your story about the email has probably happened to so many of
>> us
>> (I can think of a few times emails of mine ended up being read by eyes I
>> had
>> never bargained for). Even though I know all this intellectually, I still
>> get the sense that - generally - my online conversations are just going to
>> be read by those I expect to read them. I find it hard to always apply the
>> rule (act like the whole world will read this!) to everything I say. Well,
>> I
>> have to think about it - it doesn't come naturally to me, let's put it
>> that
>> way.
>>
>> I'm currently writing up my research with drug users who read and/or
>> participate in online discussions about drugs in public online forums. I
>> asked them to reflect on their concerns about privacy, if they had any,
>> anything they did to mitigate risks. So far I've found a wide range of
>> attitudes and actions taken.. with the younger people and those with less
>> online experience being a lot less concerned.
>>
>>
>> Monica
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/4/9 Ben Light <B.Light at salford.ac.uk>
>>
>>  Thanks for the link Monica and the discussion.  I've just finished a
>>> session
>>> with a PhD student I am working with who's just about to jump into the
>>> field
>>> and follow the development and implementation of social media at a
>>> network
>>> solutions company - her focus is on the possible implications for 'home'
>>> and
>>> 'work' life.
>>>
>>> Of course we found ourselves talking about the telework research of the
>>> 80s,
>>> but also the pre-industrial revolution cottage industries of the UK!  I'm
>>> sure we could go back further :O)
>>>
>>> Ben.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ben Light
>>> Professor of Digital Media
>>> Director IS, Organisations and Society Research Centre
>>> Acting Associate Head of School - Research
>>> School of Media, Music and Performance
>>> The University of Salford
>>> Adelphi House
>>> Salford
>>> M3 6EN
>>>
>>> www.smmp.salford.ac.uk
>>> www.benlight.org
>>> www.isos.salford.ac.uk
>>>
>>>
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